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August 2001 JUG Meeting</h2>

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Triangle Java Users Group Presents:</h3></center>



<p align="center"><b><font size="4">Understanding Workflow: An Introduction to
Workflow and Workflow Management Systems</font></b>

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<p align="center"><b>presented by</b>

<p align="center"><b>Bobby Woolf</b><p align="center">&nbsp;


<p align="center">Monday, August 20, 2001&nbsp;

<br>6:30 PM - 9:00 PM&nbsp;

<p align="center">LOCATION: MCNC Auditorium&nbsp;

<br>3021 Cornwallis Road&nbsp;

<br>Research Triangle Park, North Carolina&nbsp;

<p align="center">919.248.1800&nbsp;

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<br><font size="+1">Abstract:</font>

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  <p>A J2EE application, especially through EJB, simulates a business as a
  domain model that manages the business' data. The J2EE platform provides the
  application with a distributed, n-tier architecture and supports secure,
  transactional communication with a variety of clients. But modeling the
  business' domain and data (and making that model accessible) is not enough--an
  application must also model the business processes for managing that data via
  the domain. J2EE, for all of its technologies and other inherit strengths,
  provides virtually no support for modeling business processes, the procedures
  of various entities using the domain model over time to manipulate the data.
  That's where workflow management systems come in.&nbsp;</p>
  <p>This presentation will discuss what workflow is by reviewing workflow
  concepts and existing workflow standards. It will also discuss what a workflow
  management system is and how one fits into the architecture of typical J2EE
  applications. In doing so, the presentation will demonstrate how workflow
  management systems--like databases and application servers--are becoming an
  indispensable part of modern application architectures.</p>
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  <b>About Speaker:&nbsp;</b><br>
  Bobby Woolf is an Independent Consultant in Raleigh who has been developing
  object-oriented applications for over ten years, first in Smalltalk, and the
  last three in Java using J2EE. He has developed applications for a variety of
  business domains including telephony, banking, engineering, and insurance. In
  addition to consulting, Bobby has published journal articles, spoken at
  conferences, and co-authored a book. He has developed the workflow portion of
  several applications including one for Interpath Communications, an ASP here
  in the Research Triangle, and is currently working for Versata as a workflow
  consultant with their VIS product. He published &quot;Understanding
  Workflow&quot; in the September 2000 issue of Java Developer's Journal.</p>
  <p><font size="+1">Format:</font>

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The talk will last about 60 minutes (Q&A will follow)</dir>

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AGENDA:</h3>
6:30 pm - Meet, talk, snacks
<br>7:00-7:15 - Announcements, Status of JUG projects
<br>7:15 - 8:15 - Presentation
<br>8:15 - 8:30 -  Discussion with presenter
<br>8:30 - 9:00 -  Breakout session on open source projects
<br>9:00 - Doors close

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DIRECTIONS to MCNC:</h3>

<b>From Raleigh:</b>

<br>Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP. Where

I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North (Highway 147). Take

the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the exit ramp, bear right - cross

back over the Freeway. MCNC is located approximately 3/4 mile on the right.

<p><b>From Durham:</b>

<br>Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis

Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC is approximately 3/4

mile on right.

<p>Click here for <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/directions.html">map with

directions</a>, or visit the <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/gotomcnc.html">MCNC

web site</a>.

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